Nicola Fratoianni

Nicola Fratoianni (born 4 October 1972) is an Italian politician, member of the Chamber of Deputies, secretary of Italian Left from 2017 to 2019 and again since 2021, and co-leader of Greens and Left Alliance.

Biography Fratoianni was born in Pisa to parents from Ururi, province of Campobasso, Molise.

In 1992 he joined Communist Refoundation, and later became national leader of its youth organization. In those years, he also obtained his degree in philosophy.

Fratoianni is considered the leader of the left-wing faction, which opposed an alliance with the centre-left Democratic Party when it was led by Matteo Renzi. Fratoianni's aim is to create a left-wing party inspired by the Greek Syriza of Alexis Tsipras and the Spanish Podemos of Pablo Iglesias Turrión.

Personal life Fratoianni lives in Foligno, in province of Perugia, with his wife Elisabetta Piccolotti (former national spokesperson for the Young Communists and since 2022 deputy of the Italian Left), with whom he has a son, Adriano, born in 2013. Nicola and Elisabetta got married civilly in Foligno on 3 September 2019, in front of Nichi Vendola (his friend and close political collaborator), who celebrated the wedding.

He is concerned about the environment and supports activism against pollution.

He is an atheist.